Before chess, there were the ancient Tafl games of the Nordic & Celtic people. Rooted in the same idea of military strategy, but with a less complicated rule set. Due to the less than stellar documentation of these games, there's a number of ways to setup the board, and approach your strategy, but the basics are always the same. Two teams, a king and his...
Cult is a card-based strategy game about fanciful religious cults. You start with a single god with no worshippers, and during the game, you develop a cult of followers for your god and build a temple to your god. You’ll be in competition with other cults, and you may eventually add other gods and cults to your pantheon. Your goal in the game is to attract...
Cult of Dionysus is a truth or dare style party game of strategy, skill, and chance, in the form of a classical sculpture called a herm (a 4-sided column with a bust on top). The column is made of 72 6-inch wooden blocks, each featuring a unique ancient Greek name and corresponding prompt infused with history and mythology. Players take turns pulling...
Picture an ancient legend.... The long ago a group of greedy villagers attempted to steal powerful magic and treasures from a long abandon temple. For their crimes, the unnamed God of the temple cursed them to transform, one by one, night after night, into a hideous beast that hunted the other Villagers and devour them. The curse was only ended when a...
Cybermythica: Loom of Fate is a strategy game set in the world of Cybermythica, a universe which is a kind of a hybrid between mythology and cyberpunk. Each player will lead one of four Megapolis Kronos Megacorps with varying abilities and starting units. The Goal standing before them is as bright as the glare of the Titan Helios – to do everything to make...
Giveaway from the "Spiel 2011 in Essen (Germany)". Contains the follwing gaming material: 1 "Divine Favor" tile for "Hecate" 2 Hecate columns 6 cloth bags for the 5 player colors and one for hades (expansion) Note: You need the "Cyclades: Hades" expansion in order to use Hecate. Divine favors for Hecate: - Receive for Free: A Priestess card. - Only once...
Ancient Ruins is a promo sold with Cyclades: Monuments expansion at Essen 2016. Contains two Ruins tokens and the corresponding Ruinscards. From the included rules sheet: Set up of the Ruins token At the end of the first offering phase and before actions are permed, the player who has chosen Apollo picks two different islands (or territories if playing...
The Da Vinci Game, available from 1 October 2005, where players race against each other and the clock in a treasure hunt driven by all manner of ingenious challenges. This board game is inspired by the codes and symbolism used by Leonardo Da Vinci, the secret society The Priory de Sion and by The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. A board game where all the...
From the publisher's Web site: Let Leonardo be your guide to the secrets of the ancient world and the great achievements of civilization. In this new trivia game, follow the path of the famed Templar Knights as you journey across five continents in your quest to crack a mysterious "code word." Each correct answer to one of 100s of multiple choice trivia...
While exploring ancient Greek ruins on the Island of Crete your party discovered a portal gate. Being the curious and adventurous type your group did not hesitate to pass through the gate. You now find yourselves in a dark dungeon inhabited by a deadly minotaur from which you must escape. Designed for 1-6 players, Daedalus' Dungeon is a cooperative RPG...
Daggers is a two player micro game. The game is about the size of a deck of playing cards. Players attempt to accrue the most points by playing a numbered card on each of their turns. Their hand is finite and cards are drawn rarely. They must use the resources they are given in clever ways to win two out of three rounds of play. Special Arcana cards can...
Upon the call of Pharaoh Snofru, up to four princes receive the order to build a glorious avenue in front of the red pyramid and to fill the grave chamber with precious and shining objects. Using their influence cards in Dahschur: Die Rote Pyramide, the player princes will buy gems for the construction of the avenue and try to position them for the filling...